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Link to Navy Speak - Navy Terms & Acronyms: Navy Speak
All Hands Magazine's full length documentary "Making a Sailor": This video follows four recruits through Boot Camp in the spring of 2018 who were assigned to DIV 229, an integrated division, which had PIR on 05/25/2018.
Boot Camp: Making a Sailor (Full Length Documentary - 2018)
Boot Camp: Behind the Scenes at RTC
...and visit Navy.com - America's Navy and Navy.mil also Navy Live - The Official Blog of the Navy to learn more.
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Events
**UPDATE 4/26/2022** Effective with the May 6, 2022 PIR 4 guests will be allowed. Still must be fully vaccinated to attend.
**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.
**UPDATE 7/29/2021** You now must be fully vaccinated in order to attend PIR:
In light of observed changes and impact of the Coronavirus Delta Variant and out of an abundance of caution for our recruits, Sailors, staff, and guests, Recruit Training Command is restricting Pass-in-Review (recruit graduation) to ONLY fully immunized guests (14-days post final COVID vaccination dose).
FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:
**UPDATE 8/25/2022 - MASK MANDATE IS LIFTED. Vaccinations still required.
**UPDATE 11/10/22 PIR - Vaccinations no longer required.
RESUMING LIVE PIR - 8/13/2021
Please note! Changes to this guide happened in October 2017. Tickets are now issued for all guests, and all guests must have a ticket to enter base. A separate parking pass is no longer needed to drive on to base for parking.
Please see changes to attending PIR in the PAGES column. The PAGES are located under the member icons on the right side.
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Anyone with a loved one on the USS McFaul. Let's share, encourage, & support one another.
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Latest Activity: Apr 24, 2015
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Comment by ENwife on July 31, 2010 at 7:19am
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I am planning to take lots of pictures of the homecoming so once i get a chance i will post them all for everyone to see and i am sure there are plenty more spouses or parents that will do the same. sorry you cant make it mom in the O.C
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well i know how crazy it is during home comings to find rides on base. i have had my fare share of homecomings so i know it can be a little overwhelming. but hope everyone has a wonderful weekend and a great visit with your sailors soon :)
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Comment by bmwife on July 30, 2010 at 9:13pm
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If you call the careline on Sunday evening, the time will be posted on there. If you need the careline number, you can send me a private message and i will give it to you.
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if there is anyone that might need a ride to the homecoming please dont hesitate to message me i am more than welcome to give someone a ride onto base as long as you have a ride back with your sailor. im so excited to see my hubby again.. our daughter sure has missed her daddy a ton :)
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my husband has been given his ESWS pin as well im so proud of him . he studied for ever for that. he is sure glad its over. we are all finally in the home strech and it couldnt come fast enough :)
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Just wanted to stop by and say hi and hope everyone has a wonderful and safe 4th of July. our sailors will be home soon YAY!
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YAY! so the countdown has offically began and im so happy. not much longer now and we all can see our loved ones. i hope the ship has a great homecoming :)
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yeah i was living in an apartment before the ship deployed so i have made my mind up on what we are doing.. i am turning the housing down .. i dont like not being able to see where i am going to live before i have to sign the lease. i loved the virginia beach area and love how everything is around you have choices of where u want to go and even living there before the ship pulled out i never heard good things abour norfolk , so i was iffy when they told me where the house was.. its a nice house inside but its just the area that i dont want to deal with .
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Hey. I am one of the ombudsman for the ship, and I don't even have an official date yet. as soon as the date has been released, we will all find out.
ENwife, I don't know anything about living in the housing up there. I guess it is up to you. When you move into housing, they take all of your BAH. If you are living out in town, and can pay rent and utilities and still have money left over, I would stay out in town. Then again, if you can use the extra bedroom as a spare bedroom or office, and it is bigger than your apartment, I guess go into housing. I live in Virginia Beach, and our mortgage payment and utilities are all way under what our BAH is. Good luck with your decision.
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hey everyone just had a question. does anyone know anything about the willoughby housing in norfolk? is it a good area, crime rate ect. im so used to living in virginia beach so it might be a change for us. but we have been offered a 3 bedroom house there and im wanting to take it but torn between having a extra bedroom or a nice new apartment in va beach near everything lol
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